Vaccinations And Various Opinion Concerning Vaccines

If you should take your time and conduct a study about
vaccination for a while, you will discover a lot of views and ideas that is
being adopted by different kinds of people. You will eventually realise that
there are both positive and negative notions people are having concerning
vaccination. Different people belong to this two different school-of-thought.

The question that will be running in the minds of many
would be, "what is the real truth about vaccination"? We all know how
beneficial vaccines have been to mankind ever since it was discovered, but why
are some people still harbouring negative assumptions about it? What negative
effect does vaccination have? Basically, i would love to know, and the question
I am actually asking is, what is the main reason that makes some set of people
to have negative beliefs about vaccination? why are they actually against it?
What exactly is the truth against such arguments?

Before we proceed further, let us have an idea of what
vaccination is all about.

What
Is A vaccine?

A vaccine is known as a substance that is given to humans
in order to stimulate the body's production of antibodies and to provide
immunities against a particular disease. Vaccines are normally prepared from
the agent that causes the disease itself or from other synthetic substances.

What
Is Vaccination?

Vaccination is simply the inoculation with a vaccine, in
order to protect human from a particular disease, or a particular strain of a
disease.

Inoculation in its simple definition is just the introduction
of a vaccine or an antigenic substance into the human body, in order to produce
immunity toa specific disease.

History
Of Vaccines and Vaccination

Vaccinations have been saving the lives of millions of
people in the world right from the time of its inception till today. The
history of vaccination is traced to the year 1796, when Edward Jenner invented
the "small pox" vaccine. Edward Jenner is known till date as the
"father of immunology".

Before the invention of small pox vaccines by Jenner, it
was estimated that over half a billion of people living in that time are
suffering from this small pox infection. By the way, we all know how science
inventions work, how they are culminations of years of work by so many
different scientist. Edward Jenner, however, eventually received the most
credit on small pox vaccine because he perfected the discovery. There is also
an article explaining krokodil and its effects.

Still on the invention of vaccines, Louis Pasteur took
the responsibility upon himself to combat killer diseases by going into pioneer
research to create vaccines against rabies and anthrax. Pasteur is known as one
the greatest heroes of science, he was among those that invented the sterile
technique that medical practitioners are using today to protect themselves
against infections.

Presently in the world today, various vaccines have been
invented against diseases like; measles, tetanus, rubella, mumps, hepatitis,
polio, influenza, chickenpox, HPV (human parpiloma virus), pneumonia, and the
list goes on. Nigeria, was sometime last year declared by the WHO (World Health Organisation) as a polio free nation. This is achievement came to pass all
because of the existence of the polio vaccine.

Is
Vaccination Beneficial To Human Kind?

Speaking from my own point of view, the answer will
definitely be a big YES! That is my truth about vaccination, but it is quite
free for you to have your own opinion. During my growing years as a child, it
was very obvious to see different children been inflicted by polio. Some eventually
led to many being crippled, and some actually died from it. I am very happy
with the fact that today, Nigeria have been declared a polio free nation. A lot
of polio vaccination outreach was embarked on, both in schools and house to
house visitation program, no wonder polio stands no chance of existing.

In the world today, small pox have been eradicated
completely, all thanks to the invention of vaccines and vaccination. In
addition, so many other thousands of diseases are been eradicated only basis,
which makes millions of humans to still be alive up till date. All these came
to pass, just because of the inventions of vaccination.

Nothing
Can Be Compared With The Prevention Of Diseases

We all know that the main purpose of vaccination is
disease prevention. With the popular saying that "prevention is better
than cure", then i think we thumbs up should be given to both the
inventors of vaccines and vaccination itself. We all agree that vaccines do
involve some kind of risks, but generally, they ate mild compared to the
diseases that they prevent. That is the reason why we have data on various
vaccines and their side effects. Yes, scientist do admit that there are
possibilities of side effects, but the rate must be very small. If it is not
occurring on a very small scale, then there would have been widespread side
effects that will be visible in large numbers of people.

As to the reason why some group of people are having
negative thoughts about vaccination. The anti-vaccination movement is dates as
far back as history can tell. It is built on the basis of some misunderstanding
of basic science and research. Much of the negative beliefs are due to what
psychologists call the "attribution error". Most people feel like
knowing the cause for all effects.

The
Truth About Vaccination

These are my summary concerning the real truth about
vaccination:

The truth is that it is only small percentage of the
human population that have some kind of negative reaction to some vaccines.
This is usually a minute case. Side effects can present itself in the form of
few rashes on the skin.

The truth is that the data used in spreading fear about
vaccines causing autism was simply a falsified one, and trying to remedy a
widespread fear is almost impossible. The data that was falsified gave the
parents of the autistic children a reason to blame someone for their children's
autism, so the myth persist.

The truth about vaccines is that they are definitely a miracle
of modern science, which makes a huge population of the human race to still be
alive today.

The truth about the group of people that are
anti-vaccines is that they are not science inclined, terrified, and
self-centered.

We have such a wealth of real-world and factual answers
to this question "what is the real truth about vaccination"?. I will
like to conclude with a contrary question of mine, "why is the
anti-vaccine position so occupied by non-medical professionals